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The Millvale Music Festival returns with dozens of musical performances, local vendors and comedy! The annual event begins Friday, May 17 through Saturday, May 18. We’ve been fortunate to feature a few of the local bands through our Pittsburgh Artist of the Week posts.
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The inaugural “Sudden Little Thrills” festival, set to take place in Pittsburgh at Hazelwood Green on Sept. 7-8 has been canceled.
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Working at a radio station like WYEP can bring the staff in close contact with many musicians, often leading to indelible special moments—although these interactions can sometimes end up awkward, embarrassing, or worse.
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Welsh musician Karl Wallinger has died at age 66. He was the key creative force behind the band World Party, releasing six well-received albums of new material from 1987 through 2000. He was also a member of the band The Waterboys, before leaving to form World Party.
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Local band The Ghost Club are set to perform at SXSW in Austin, Texas this week.
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Music can change your life — just ask Pittsburgh musician Caleb Kopta. He found his path while listening to The Killers driving through the Mojave Desert.
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Anyone responsible for any public radio station is always looking for the next dollar to pay the bills. The pressure to raise money was, at times, particularly dire in WYEP’s first decade.
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Look back at early WYEP hosts: DJ 'Mad' Mike, 'Buck' Brice, 'Harry the Wire' Wagner & 'Big' Al SmithAs we celebrate our 50th anniversary, we look back at four early WYEP hosts and the shows they aired.
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Have you been thinking about what’s going to happen when the apocalypse hits? Well, according to the psychedelic groove rock band Cisco Kid, it ain’t looking good for us humans.
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WYEP pays tribute to the artists we lost in the first months of 2024.
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Life can feel like a movie sometimes, and Pittsburgh artist Joziah Council is a talented, musical screenwriter. His new song “Bittersweet (Breakup Version)” deals with the feelings he felt when he realized a relationship was finally, fully over.
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For Women’s History Month, as we celebrate our 50th anniversary year, WYEP has chosen a list representing “50 Years of Women in Music.”